‘Vol: 1 - Relative to the disgraceful treatment experienced by Lieut Dominicetti of the Marine from the Dola of Mocha and others, and to the plunder of the Company’s Factory at that place in 1817 – also Proceedings of the Expedition which was in consequence dispatched against the Town of Mocha.’
‘Vol: 1 - Relative to the disgraceful treatment experienced by Lieut Dominicetti of the Marine from the Dola of Mocha and others, and to the plunder of the Company’s Factory at that place in 1817 – also Proceedings of the Expedition which was in consequence dispatched against the Town of Mocha.’
Date:
1817/1821
Description:
Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations, cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. It is the first in a series of two items on Lieutenant Dominicetti and Mocha (the other is IOR/F/4/690/18909). The principal correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Lieutenant Bartholomew Dominicetti, commander of the
Prince of Wales; Henry Meriton, Superintendent of the Bombay Marine; Muhammed Ali Khan, owner of the
Derria Beggy.The item concerns:The death of Ramsay, the British Resident at Mocha on 16 July 1817The ill-treatment of Dominicetti and other British subjects resident at the Factory by the Dola of Mocha, [Amir Fatih Muhammad]The plunder of the British FactoryExtortion of money by the Dola of Mocha from British ships and the Honourable Company’s BrokerThe refusal of the Imaum of Senna [Mahdi ‘Abdullāh al-Qāsimī, Imam of Yemen] to give up deserters from Company ships who had converted to IslamA discussion of whether Dominicetti’s actions concerning the
Derria Beggywere justified, and a consideration of her ownershipA discussion of the measures the British were prepared to take in response to the aboveThe British decision to blockade Yemen, and then bombard Mocha, if the Imaum’s response to their demands was unsatisfactory.The item includes a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 38, P.C. [Previous Communication] 61, [Season 18]23/24’ and ‘Examin[er’s Office] Nove[mber]’.Physical description: The documents are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front of the item to the rear.